38 Oxley Road saga: One year on, what have we learnt?
by Augustine Low On this day one year ago, Singaporeans woke up to a Facebook post by Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling with the heading “What has happened to Lee Kuan Yew’s values?” It was a scathing...
View ArticlePublic protests: Singaporean activist arrested while foreign protesters told...
Yahoo Singapore reported that a South Korean woman, Kim Gi-young, 69, staged a protest near the Capella hotel where Trump and Kim was meeting this morning (12 Jun). She was urging North Korea to return...
View ArticleFive South Korean women arrested under Public Order Act near St Regis where...
Five South Korean women were arrested on Monday (11 June) night under the Public Order Act for allegedly causing trouble and failing to heed multiple warnings from the police to stop their activities...
View ArticleMOM says overall unemployment rate declined in 1Q but S’porean unemployment...
In the Labour Market Report for the first quarter of this year, the Manpower Ministry (MOM) reported today (13 Jun) that the Singapore's labour market has improved. "Supported by sustained expansion in...
View ArticleMSF rejects social assistance application from 59-year-old senior due to...
Sports advocate and politician, Jose Raymond shared a story of a 59-year-old male Singapore who is both visually handicapped and has kidney failure who has had his application for long-term financial...
View ArticleIndian billionaire accused of defrauding Indian bank of US$2.2B, believed to...
ST reported on Monday (11 Jun) that Nirav Modi, a billionaire jeweler at the heart of a more than US$2 billion fraud case in India, has fled to the UK, where he is claiming political asylum ('Indian...
View Article2 men injured after SBS Transit truck accident
Two men have reportedly been sent to Changi hospital after being injured in an accident along Bedok North Avenue 4 after an SBS Transit truck skidded into a drain while headed towards Changi South Lane...
View ArticleVivian says Pyongyang impressive and beautiful but defectors tell a different...
Last week, in preparation for the Trump-Kim Summit, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan visited both Washington and Pyongyang. He told the media last Sat (9 Jun), "Basically I went there to make sure...
View ArticleFed raises key interest rate – SG homeowners expect to pay more interests for...
The US Federal Reserve raised the key interest rate to a new range of 1.75-2.0 percent on Wed (13 Jun). The Fed now dropped its pledge to keep rates low enough to stimulate the economy “for some time”....
View ArticleMSF responds but fails to address core issue – why is CPF considered an income?
The Ministry of Social and Family (MSF) Development has responded to the issue of a visually handicapped senior who was denied social assistance due to his CPF payout, which was published in TOC on 13...
View ArticleMSF’s response only heightens the notion that “CPF not our money”
It was reported earlier that the Ministry of Social & Family Development (MSF) rejected a public assistance application from a 59-year-old senior, who is both visually handicapped and has kidney...
View ArticleResident posts photo of fallen facade of Pasir Ris HDB flat, MND Minister...
On Monday (18 Jun), Facebook user Ye Ruoshi made a post about the facade of a HDB block falling. The incident is said to have taken place at Block 270 Pasir Ris Street 21, where the block of flats are...
View ArticleDr M meets PM Lee for only 30 min but gives Jack Ma an hour
When the opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan won the general election in Malaysia on 9 May last month, PM Lee quickly went to KL on 19 May to meet and congratulate Dr Mahathir, the leader of the...
View ArticleUS Treasury Department targets Singapore for money laundering
Last month, the Asia Sentinel reported that the US Treasury Department has initiated a wide-ranging campaign against money laundering particularly targeting the governments in Cyprus, Beirut, Singapore...
View ArticleChief of Defence Force MG Melvyn Ong avoids answering questions on “tekan...
In a media interview today (20 Jun), Chief of Defence Force MG Melvyn Ong told reporters that the external panel, convened in May after the death of NSF Dave Lee, had said that improvements could be...
View ArticleNSMen’s inquiry: Need few more months, but already confirmed 2 improvements,...
Are we in a sense ‘jumping the gun’ by saying that the policies are ‘sound’ and only need two ‘improvements’, when the inquiry panel will only complete its work in a few more months? I refer to the...
View Article6,800 sachets of chewing tobacco found hidden in modified compartments of van
A 35-year-old male Malaysian driver was caught smuggling 6,800 sachets of chewing tobacco hidden in modified compartments of a van. In a Facebook post on Wednesday (20 June), Immigration and...
View ArticleLee Hsien Yang steps down as Chairman of CAAS, Edmund Cheng to take over from...
The Ministry of Transport has announced that Mr Lee Hsien Yang will relinquish his post as Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on 30 June 2018 after helming the post for nine...
View ArticleLTA: Many have not attended PDVL training or registered to take PDVL test...
Private Hire Car (PHC) drivers, who are currently providing chauffeured services on an Approval-to-Drive (ATD) concession and have yet to obtain their PHC Driver’s Vocational Licence (PDVLs) will not...
View ArticleNext water price hike coming on 1 Jul – MCCY highlights some Singaporeans do...
Last year, the government announced that water prices would be increased by 30% in 2 phases. The first increase occurred on 1 Jul last year. The next one will happen in less than 10 days' time, on 1...
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